Everything is great except the Restaurant and Internet Connection. I would suggest that the hotel will provide WIFI connections every floor. I would stay there soon.

LOCATION. We were trying to choose a hotel close to major sights including Intramuros. That's why we booked a room in the Paragon Tower hotel in the district of Ermita. The location appeared to be rather disputable. It's relatively close to Intramuros (you should consider that Manila is quite a big city so distances in the real life appear much longer than they looked on a map). A very good shopping center named Robinson's Place is located just 5 minutes walk from the hotel. From the other hand, Ermita is a poor district and there are a lot of people sleeping in the streets by nights. So the location doesn't look secure enough.

STAFF. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Except restaurant maybe.

ROOMS. Rooms are awful. Tile floor is cold so you should wear slippers. Furniture is shabby. There is no safe box in the room. Outside the window near conditioner block we have found some cigarette butts and old panties on a dress hanger. :) Towels in the bathroom were grey instead of white.

BREAKFAST. The restaurant room is dark and depressive. We have met some cockroaches there! There is no buffet breakfast in the hotel, only continental breakfast. Omelet and pancakes were rather delicious at the same time but we were a bit afraid of sanitary conditions of their kitchen (remember cockroaches?).

GENERAL IMPRESSION. The hotel appeared to be an unpleasant surprise for us after reading excellent reviews here on Tripadvisor. I would recommend to look for better options. But if you are staying for 1 night and not going to spend time in the hotel, than it's maybe ok for you.

We were back in Manila to oblige a last minute wedding invitation and we wanted a basic hotel to do the usual shopping and attend the wedding. Paragon came at a descent price and we expected an old but functional place but instead we were pleasantly surprised to get a room on a newly renovated floor. The room itself was newly refurbished, tiled with basic furnishing and amenities. Some drawbacks about this place was the location (a backstreet in Ermita), the hotel tower shares the building with some employment agency (crowded lifts) and hot drinking water only available on request (no complementary heater jug).

I stayed for 5 nights, enjoyed the breakfast in the mornings at the top of the hotel. The room had a refrigerator which was nice. The shower always provided hot water. The tub was okay. It was a good location for visiting what I had not seen since 1985 when I last visited Manila. Staff was always friendly. I used a nearby internet cafe which was handy.
My female friend whom I met on the internet 9 months earlier selected this location and I was quite satisfied with her choice. I liked being on an upper floor to view the city. the elevator worked very well.